Opening the 5G wireless frontier
The FCC will make a crucial decision on the future of wireless networks this week.
Stories by By Bret Swanson
Free mobile data is good for consumers
Those opposed are overthinking zero rating.
The Netflix neutrality farce
The company’s secret throttling of data rates undercuts the arguments it had made in supporting net neutrality
Why wireless will escape the FCC’s redefinition
Mobile broadband simply doesn’t belong to the jurisdiction of the 80-year-old telephone rules known as Title II.
Will the Apple-Samsung battle help modernize patent law?
Currently, the balance tips in favor of clever lawyering rather than promoting true innovation.
LTE-U: Just the facts
Debunking the myths and scare tactics needed for reasonable discussion.
The IoT needs more wireless spectrum
Two big waves in the wireless world are driving the need for more spectrum, the radio signals that carry data to our phones, tablets and other mobile devices.
The FCC's Orwellian Internet policy
President Obama's secret plan to protect the "open Internet" is locked inside the Federal Communications Commission. We don't know what's in the 322 pages, but we are told it includes a transparency rule.
It's time for the chip-and-PIN'ing of America
Thank goodness for that signature on the back of my credit card. If it weren't for that smudged scrawl, a thief might steal my card (or card number) and make fraudulent purchases. Or steal my identity. <em>Right.</em>
Apple v. Samsung and the road to patent sanity
When Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in September, amid the "oohs" and "ahs," some of us were thinking, "Wow, these stretched iPhones look a lot like Samsung's Galaxy devices."